[Ilya Somin] Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won't Make Housing More Affordable - and Would Likely Make Things Worse

The Volokh Conspiracy 2026-01-07

Summary:

There is no evidence that institutional investors increase prices. Barring them from the market could actually exacerbate the housing crisis.

Link:

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/01/07/barring-institutional-investors-from-buying-homes-wont-make-housing-more-affordable-and-would-likely-make-things-worse/

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CLS / ROC ยป The Volokh Conspiracy

Tags:

affordable

Authors:

Ilya Somin

Date tagged:

01/07/2026, 23:11

Date published:

01/07/2026, 19:30